Camping!!

Yay!  It's Labor Day and we want to go on a family adventure.  How about camping??  So... apparently you have to book a camping site WAY in advance for Labor Day weekend.  Since I did not plan ahead and reserve a spot, we drove up the canyon in search of a great outdoor adventure and ended up changing our destination right back to our good old backyard!  We did stop at a Lowe's and purchased a lovely fire pit for marshmallow roasting.  The backyard turned out to be a hit, despite the close proximity of neighbors and lack of a surrounding wilderness.
I appreciated the close proximity of bathrooms and showers :)
The girls didn't seem to mind in the least bit.  We even cooked tin foil dinners over the fire and dined outside.  Mike did an amazing job setting up the tent and beds.  The girls did their best to help...

Avril sweeps out the dirt inside the tent

She also tries to sweep out McKel...

Two sweet little helpers!

Here is the tent!  Assembled in all its glory!

Our new fire pit!!

The man of the house, hard at work!

Ready to eat some delicious treats!

Goofiness!

More goofiness!

They're just so cute I have to include one more of these two sillies!

Here you can see the girls are clearly ready for bed and to drop off in to a nice, peaceful slumber...

Happy Labor Day!  What an awesome camping experience :)